The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-04-13
CHEAP BOARDING..
An Ethereal Theory Which Will Strike
Terror to the Hearts of Hotel Men.

an ethereal Theory Which VIII Strike
Terror to the Hearts of Hotel Men.
A book has just been published in
Boston which no clearinghouse keep
er can afford to be without. For il
the author is correct there is no reason
why human being should be served
with meal more than once or twice
year. One of the chapters of the work
treats of fasting. He argues that fast
ing is conditioned on spirit power, that
Doctor Tanner never could have per-
formed his celebrated feat of absti-
nence had he not been medium"
Then he goes on to remark: Il have
no doubt that with suitable organi.
zation, such as is more common in
India than in America, fast could be
sustained by spirit power for six or
twelve months
Here we have grave menace of the
clearinghouse business. It is only
necessary for the boarders of city to
combine, form suitable organization
on the best model that India affords
and possess themselves of sufficient
spirit power in order practically to get
rid of the necessity of mourning board
bills. To be sure, even with suitable
organization and spirit power, they
would still be required to eat, one moal
on New Years day and another on
the Fourth of July. But almost every
body could count upon being invited
out on those two holidays. And even
the boarders who were not so fortunate
could doubtless find fair to middling
board for those two meals at fifty cents
meal. One dollar year for table
expenses-will the writer of that
pleasing little work, .'How to Live on
Three Hundred Dollars Year" please
tell us how that strikes him? just as
soon as the Boarders' Anti-Meal Asso-
citation is ready for business we may
expect to see some such advertisements
as these in the newspapers:
WANTED.
A gentleman and his wife desire board far q
year. He will expect to be served with two
meals, one in the spring and the other in the
fall. She being OF more ethereal nature, will
merely require one meal-to be served in what
ever month may be most convenient to all sSs,.
serned. References exchanged. Address
esprit POwER'
RARE CHANCE.
Those wishing good board at the lowest
terms should cali at the Eureka Boarding.
House. Spirit power always on tap We
guarantee to take any person, no mattca now
large his appetite, and after one infusion OF the
spirit power leave him SO that he will be salts.
fed with two meals year, or five meals for
three years. It will pay you to call on us.
WE DIZZY COMPETITION.
Why pay dollar year for board when we
can sell you ten meal tickets calling for all the
food you will want for five years, including
pie, for three dollars and ninety-nine cents!
Address the Economy Boarding. House Com
pany Qimited). Parties not readily yielding to
spirit power need not apply.
We hazard nothing in affirming tina,
the clearinghouse keepers Of the
United States never before were con.
fronted with precisely this sort of an
amazing emergency. Still, let the
boarders beware of rejoicing prema-
turely at the prospect Of phenomenally
cheap board. Suppose, while they are
absent in India getting points on or.
ganization, the boarding house keepers
manage to corner the spirit-powe,
market-what then?-M 7. Tribune,
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